August 18, 2011

TransparentNevada added official financial documents for the State of Nevada as well as Board of Education contract summaries. Keep checking http://transparentnevada.com or follow TransparentNevada @TransparentNV on Twitter for the latest updates.

NPRI's Geoff Lawrence writes about firefighter unions and their fight to keep their lavish contracts and perks while the cities they serve are forced to cut back.

Speaking of public employees and pay cuts, Clark County commissioners approved a 2 percent pay cut for 3,600 University Medical Center employees. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the pay cut is expected to save UMC $5 million a year after the hospital suffered a $70 million loss in 2010.

Nevada Senator Dean Heller, R., continues to lead a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capital Hill calling for increased transparency from the debt-ceiling super committee. The National Taxpayers' Union supported Heller's call for open and televised committee hearings. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D., CA, has also called for transparent committee hearings.